Improvement in wash-boilers



JOEL GREEN, OF NEW YORK, N.,Y. Letters Patent No. 86,918, dazed February 16, 1869,

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH-BOILERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it 'ma/y concern y Be it known that I, J OEL GREEN, of the city, county,

andState of New York, have invented a new and im-v proved WashKettle; and I do hereby 'declare the fllowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use' the same, reference being had .to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification', in which drawingv Figure l represents a longitudinal vertical section of this invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse section thereof.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention `consists in the arrangement 'of a hollow, central, bell-shaped partition, provided with two slits. near its top, extending throughout its whole length, and supported by legs, `said partition being placed loosely into a wash-kettle inisuch a manner that room is 'left for the clothes on both sides thereof,

and thatv thev water, or soap-suds, when heated, will rise in the interior oi`- the partition, and discharge, through the slits, upon the clothes on its sides, and thereby said clothes `will be exposed to a uniform action of the water or soap-ends. The spread ing ofthe water or soap-suds, and its uniform discharge through the slits in the top of the partition, is facilitated by a conical rib secured to the inner surface of said top.

The invention consists also in the arrangement of a shoulder at the bottoml of a flange, which rises from the top edge of the kettle, and serves to support the cover in such a manner that the water or liquid, which rises above said shoulder, is prevented from boiling over, and is conducted back into `the interior of the kettle..

A represents a washkettle,made of tinned sheet iron, or any other suitable material, in the usual form or shape.

In the interior of this kettle is placed a partition,

B, which extends throughout its whole length, and separatesv the kettle into two compartments. Said partition is hollow, and its bottom edges are flaring outward, so that the cross-section of the partition is bell-shaped, and that said flanges extend over theV The top, b,lof the partition is elevated a short dis-,.

tance above the edges of the side pieces of said parti` tion, as shown more particularly in iig. 2, so that slits When theliquid in the kettle begins to boil, it rises in .the interior of the partition B, this being the hottest place Vin the kettle, and it discharges through the slits c, so that a complete circulation of said ,liquidl is effected,v and that the clothes to be washed, which are placed on each side of the partition, will be thoroughly and uniformly saturated with the liquid; and furtherf more, by the current of the liquid, which is formed'by the action of the hollow, central partition, the dirt andv impurities adhering to the clothes are readily extracted and removed.

The dischargeof the liquid through the slits in the top of the partition is facilitated by a conical rib, d, 'projecting from the inner surface of the top, b, down into the partition, as shown in iig. 2.

The kettle isprovided with a cover, Q, which, when put on, rests upon a shoulder, e, from which risesi a flaring ange, D, as shown. By this flange, theliquid, which ,rises above the shoulder e by the ebullition,is prevented from boiling over, and is compelled to run back into the kettle, so that the kettle, when properly filled, can be left on the fire for a long time, without' requiring any attention; and furthermore, the bad odor caused by soap-suds boiling over on the heated stove, is avoided.

It must be remarked that the partition B is movable, so that it can be readilytakenout for the purpose of cleaning.

I do not lay claim to theA principle of conveying or conducting the water from-the lower parts of the vessel to the upper part, nor broadly to establishing or inducing currents therein; but having thus described my invention,

4 What I claim as new, and desire to secure by'Letters Patent, is-

i The hollow partition lB, extending through the length of the kettle A, and provided with slits c, in combination with the conical projecting rib b, when constructed and operating substantiallyas and for the purpose lde-k 

